The Inclusion Programme is a three-year programme of 13 creative projects that aim to engage people at risk of social exclusion, in particular offenders, long-term unemployed people, and young people aged 16-25, with their heritage and to develop their life skills. The programme is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and has been underway for two years (the final year ends in December 2007). The programme is managed by the Museum’s Inclusion Officer who commissions a range of artists, writers, actors, film-makers etc to work on the various projects. Projects have included:

·      Mind’s eye
Prisoners at Wandsworth Prison worked with artists and a writer to produce artworks inspired by places of personal significance in London along with accompanying interpretation. The work was exhibited at the prison and at Wandsworth Museum, and is currently on display at  Museum of London.

·      Art works
A group of long-term unemployed and homeless people worked with a graphic designer to create a series of four art trails aimed at adults and families that enable them to learn more about London’s past through the Museum’s art collection.

·      Now and then
A group of young people from Newham Young Carers and a group of members from SubCo Trust, a daycare centre for Asian elders, conducted oral history interviews and worked with a photographer to document their views on living in London. They used this content to create a website comparing life in London in the past and present.

·      Endz meet
A group of young people from Fairbridge in Hackney, an organisation that works with young people not in education, training or employment, and young people from Entelechy Arts with complex disabilities worked with a digital artist to create a piece of video art based on what London means to them.

To date each project has been evaluated in-house, using a combination of one to one and group discussions, and self-completion questionnaires.

The third year of the programme consists of the following projects:

• An actor’s life (Jan – March)  A group of long-term unemployed people will work with drama facilitators to create a drama performance contrasting London’s past and present. 
• Kids’ choice (March – May)  A group of long-term unemployed people (all parents) will develop the content and help create a website which will feature the top-ten things to do for families at Museum in Docklands. They will also help develop quizzes for the website. 
• Inside words (May – July)  A group of prisoners will work with a writer and poet to create a piece of art inspired by objects, places and issues that they identify with as people living in London today. The writing will be a starting point for the artwork, which will incorporate the words.
• In the picture (August – November)  Participants from previous inclusion projects will work with a visual artist to create artwork inspired by paintings, prints, drawings and photographs in the Museum’s collection.  The artwork will form part of a publication which the participants will also help design.  Feedback regarding participants’ thoughts on the projects they participated in will be included in the publication.

We wish to commission an evaluator(s) to:

• evaluate each of the year 3 projects, with an emphasis on gauging the impact on individual participants, using Generic Learning Outcomes as appropriate
• evaluate the success of whole programme in achieving its objectives, drawing together the findings of evaluations carried out in years 1 and 2, and following-up with some of the participants/partner organisations to gauge longer-term impact.

In particular we would like to find out to what extent the projects/programme:

• provided opportunities to develop social, basic and ICT skills
• provided opportunities for participants to enhance creativity and increase confidence, self-esteem, motivation and knowledge
• inspired participants to take a further interest in their heritage
• met the learning objectives of participants and were considered enjoyable and worthwhile
• engaged new audiences and maintained participants’ involvement
• enabled the Museum to better reflect diversity
• increased access to collections
• established a successful and sustainable model for working with socially excluded audiences.

Timescale

The evaluator(s) would need to begin work in time to evaluate the first project, which runs from January until the end of March 2007. The other projects complete in May, July and November. The final report, on the programme as a whole, is required by the end of December 2007.

Budget

The fee for this work, including all expenses, is £6,500.

Next steps

Please submit a proposal providing:

• your credentials for carrying out this work
• examples of relevant previous work
• an outline of how you would approach the work, in particular what methodologies you would use and what you would need from the Museum of London
• an indicative timetable
• a cost breakdown.

Proposals should be e-mailed to [log in to unmask] by 2pm on 22 January 2007.

Interviews will be held at the Museum of London on the morning of 31 January 2007.

Further information

If you have any questions or would like more information about the Inclusion Programme please contact Lucie Fitton, Inclusion Officer, on 020 78145517 or at the e-mail address above.